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A Time to Grow

Dr. Allen Schneider

Office: 918-224-3006 Web: www.sapulpafumc.org

June 2019

Morning Messages

June 02 - Follow in His Steps, (1 Peter 2:11-21) June 09 - Qualities that Count, (1 Peter 3:8-12)

June 16 - Father’s Day - Guest Speaker June 23 - The Considerate Household, (1 Peter 3:1-7) June 30 - Revering Christ as Lord, (1 Peter 3:13-22)

Cross & Flame Road Show

The Eleventh season of the Cross and Flame Road Show will begin Thursday evening, June 13. Teams are needed for Preliminary Prepara-tions (in the church kitchen) begin-ning at 3:30; Park Set Up at 5:30; and Park Clean Up (back to the church kitchen) upon conclusion. During our time at the park we need helpers who will: cook, serve food, visit with park guests, pray for those with special need. If you can help us with any of these tasks please contact:

Gerry Holmes: 918.630.0276.

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School will begin Sunday evening, June 2nd. It will run each evening (Sunday through Thursday) from 6:00—8:30. VBS is for children ages 4 through 5th grade. The theme of this years VBS is:

Shipped Wrecked Rescued by Jesus

There is not charge to participate but we do need to know how many will come. Call the church office to en-roll your child or grand-child.

The season of Pentecost begins Sun-day, June 9. Pentecost Sunday is the time when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to empower the church. The color for this season is red, reminding us of the “fire of the Spirit.” The season of Pentecost is a season of proclamation. Following the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit on the early church, the church did nothing but grow. In fact, in the book of Acts, on almost every page we read, “there was added to the church…” It is a description of explosive growth. In an earlier sermon series I made the observation that there was a “three-fold cord” that accounted for the early church’s growth: prayer, proclaiming the name of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit. I be-lieve that this same three-fold cord is essential to the renewal of the church today. Summer is a time when many church’s “back off” regarding their outreach efforts. But I believe Pen-tecost is a time for us to grow!

Cross & Flame Café

Though our Wednesday evening class and activities will not resume until September, our Wednesday evening meals will continue through July. You are welcome to join us from 5:30—6:15 each Wednesday evening.

UMM Sunday

On Father’s day, June 16, we will recognize the work of our United Methodist Men. Our guest speaker for this day will be Rev. Antonio Porter. Antonio has been with us before and always brings an inspir-ing message.

Birthdays!

02 Joan Holloway

04 Jared Murphy, Ike Thompson

05 Carolyn Nicholson

06 Olivia Scott

07 Kristie Harris, Luis Pardinas

09 Becky Pugmire

11 Dorothy Jacobs

12 Roger Hudson, Lynn Rochester,

Sam Johnson, Gerry Holmes

13 Ramona Brecht, Martin Thompson

14 Gwen Keller

15 Jane Hall, Curtis Kennedy

16 Ann Cornelius

17 Parker Grant, Ashley Gordon,

Vicki Patterson,

18 Courtney Evans, Steve Mathis,

Ozzie Oliveros

19 Bob Stinson, Spencer Mayberry,

Nancy Selser

21 Emily Wagner, Linda Holman,

Ty Price, Kelly Bock, Bay

Goodpasture

22 Bret Million, Amanda

Goodpasture

23 Brent Shirey, Len Campbell

24 Lisa Newell

25 Parker McCormick, Harleen Rhea

26 Elizabeth Mitchell, Ed McKean,

Marisa Simmons

27 Julie Brashear, Sally Henderson,

Luke Lowery

28 Phil Taylor

29 Matthew Lawson

30 Steve Collins

Vicki Lisle

Kelly Barnett

Jim Morsey

Marion Peacock

Jerry Meek

Family of Maggie Daniels

Prayer Concerns

We want to welcome our newest mem-ber, Cindy Brody, who united with us on Sunday, May 26 by Profession of Faith. Cindy has already become active through her participation at the Cross and Flame Café, Wednesday night Bible study, and Sunday afternoon Care Study. She is also looking forward to participating in this summer’s Cross and Flame Road Show. We are delighted to have her unite with us. Be sure to intro-duce yourself and get acquainted.

Welcome New Members

Council Oak District Disaster Relief

As people begin to call our churches to ask for assistance by all means we can give it to them. Immediate assistance is always available but here is where we stand as far as clean-up efforts go. Oklahoma is facing significant damage caused by Spring weather. We all know someone who is or has been affected by the recent storms. We will be facing lots of clean up in order to restore homes and lives. We will be in need of ERT and VIM teams to assist in clean up, mucking out and rebuilding efforts. The state looks to be in bad shape, but it is too early to respond to any type of clean up. More rain is on the way and the rivers are not done rising. We are projecting the first week of June as the beginning of clean up. The effects of this flooding go from west to east across the state. Right now, we are in the process of gathering information, meeting with Disaster response partners and setting up staging areas for our teams to be accommodated when we send them.

Missions: Remaining Balances We have done well this year, so far, in paying our Missional Apportionments. These are now divided into Missional Apportionments and Congregational Opportunities. As of the end of May, these are the remaining balances. If you feel so led, please write a check to the church and simply write the name of your mission in the “memo” line.

Apportionments: Opportunities: General Administration 511. Restore Hope 187. Jurisdictional Admin 89. New People/Places 2,113. Jurisdictional Reserve 13. Campus Ministry 1,505. Africa University 130. Circle of Care 1,364. Black College fund 579. Criminal Justice Min. 792. Board of Ministry 460. Hispanic 328. Camps & Conferences 319. Neighborhood Service 27. Communications 1,076. OCU 1,566. New Faith Communities 2,663. Skyline Urban Min 187. Interdenominational Fund 113. Project Transformation 14. Lydia Patterson 166. Camps & Conferences 291. Ministerial Education 1,451. Office of Mission 560. Office of Missions 319. Conference Ministries 1,793. World Service 347. Conf. Ministry Support 3,814.

Condolences

We extend our condolences to the fami-ly & friends of Margret Daniels. The Funeral & Memorial Services are cur-rently pending.. We will update the con-gregation once we have this information.

For The Record

Our Presence Our Gifts Worship SS General Family Life April 21st 235 91 5,092.00 1,850.00 April 28th 157 86 7,489.35 575.00 May 05th 137 91 6,990.20 835.00 May 12th 150 79 3,207.00 670.00 May 19th 175 92 9,014.50 132.00

Recurring Weekly Calendar

Sunday 8:30am Praise Team Rehearsal 9:30am Sunday School 10:45am Morning Worship 3:30pm Disciple Bible Study Monday 6:30pm Cub Scouts 7:00pm Boy Scouts/ Webelos Wednesday 5:15pm Cross & Flame Café 6:15pm Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Thursday 5:30pm Cross & Flame Roadshow* 6:30pm Praise Team Rehearsal

Monthly Calendar Events

Monday, June 3rd 10:00am While Away 6:00pm VBS Tuesday, June 4th 6:30pm Trustee’s Meeting 6:00pm VBS Thursday, June 6th 6:00pm UMM Meeting 6:00pm VBS Saturday, June 8th 11:00am UMW Luncheon Sunday, June 9th 6:30pm Children’s Council Monday, June 10th 6:30pm Worship Committee Tuesday, June 11th 6:30pm Girl Scouts Thursday, June 13th 7:00pm HOA 5:30pm Cross & Flame Roadshow Begins* Monday, June 17th 10:00am Membership Committee 6:30pm Finance Committee Monday, June 24th 6:30pm Mission Committee Tuesday, June 25th 6:30pm Church Council 6:30pm Girl Scouts

Calendar

UMW LUNCHEON June 8th, 11:00 AM

Please join us for the annual UMW Luncheon. This year our speaker is our own Lucretia Pardinas speaking about Camp Erin. Camp Erin is the largest national bereavement program for youth grieving the death of a significant person in their lives. As always we will be support the Blessing Box, so please bring something to support that endeavor. We will hold a raffle like we did last year. You will get a free ticket for coming, a free ticket for bringing an item for the Blessing Box, a ticket for bringing someone! Tickets can also be purchased. All proceeds will go to Camp Erin. Please rsvp with the church office at 918-224-3006. (We will need to know how much food to make) There will also be a sign up sheet in the narthex and one down stairs on Sunday.

Circle Meetings Circle are on summer break until September. Joy Circle will resume Thursday Sept. 5th at 6:00 PM in the Parlor. The United Methodist Men meet down stairs at the same time. Esther Circle will resume on Thursday Sept. 12th at 9:30 AM in the Parlor. Please join us.

Study Groups The Wednesday evening Women’s group, the Wednesday evening Pastor’s Study group, and the Sat-urday morning Men’s study group will all be taking a break during the summer months. We anticipate each of these resuming when our Fall program begins, falling Labor Day. Sunday School classes will continue to meet throughout the summer each Sunday at 9:30.

Missions

The missions trip to UMCOR Sager Brown was a great success! We are con-sidering a return trip in December if an-yone is interested, please let us know! Also, with the turn of events here in Ok-lahoma, please keep an eye out for any disaster relief after all the flooding and tornadoes. We will be looking for ways to help our congregation, city, state, and country! Please let us know where we can help!

Ministry Team

Dr. Allen Schneider (Senior Pastor) allen@sapulpafumc.org Sarah Rojas (Office Administrator) admin@sapulpafumc.org Nancy Green (Financial Administrator) finance@sapulpafumc.org Paul Tucker (Building/Maintenance) Jim Gregory (Organist/Director of Music) jim@sapulpafumc.org Terri Wadley (Music Associate) dtlwadley1975@gmail.com John Bunting (Praise Team Director) johnbuntingtulsa@gmail.com Trish Prine (Audio/Visual Director) 4prine@gmail.com Kira Calhoun (Youth Ministry) youth@sapulpafumc.org Tabitha McClanahan (Children’s Ministry) tabm@sbcglobal.net April Petersen (Children’s Ministry) aprilpetersen11@gmail.com Gina Blansett (Nursery Director) gina.blansett@gmail.com

Congratulations to our High School Seniors:

Mason Marcus, Tyler Green, Brenden Bean, Garrett Carrick, and Jacob Crall We have been beyond blessed to have you apart of our ministry, you have grown in your walk with Christ, been mentors to our younger students, and have been an overall joy to be around! We are so very proud of you! Summer is in full swing! We have many opportunities for service coming up and summer camps! We are excited to began our Thursday service opportunities around the state of Oklahoma. We will be partner-ing with places in the OKC and Tulsa ar-ea! If you would like to serve with us, please reach out. June 20: Skyline Urban Ministries in OKC July 11: Pencil Box in Tulsa July 18: Restore Hope in Tulsa July 25: TBA August 1: Tristeesee Grief Center in Tulsa While summer is in full swing, we ask that you pray for our students! Summer is a tough time for most students because they are out of routine and are often spending a lot of time alone. Praying everyone has a great summer!

Children’s Director

Due to ongoing responsibilities at school and home, Tabitha is wanting to step out of her responsibilities as co-director of children’s ministries.

She does want to continue helping as a volunteer with the program. But we are now looking for someone to be a part of our children’s program team.

We especially desire someone who has teaching experi-ence (either professionally or extensive training as a vol-unteer) and ability to evaluate and implement Christian curriculum. We also desire someone who can train other volunteer’s in working with children.

If you know someone who might be interested, please have them contact Pastor Schneider or Barbara Collins.

Summer is upon us! We are pausing our Wednesday spiritual adventures until school resumes in August. Our children thoroughly enjoyed giving all our lovely mothers a “kiss”! (They are still talking about it). Ahoy sailors! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is coming up soon!!! Come join us June 3rd- 6th from 6-8:30 PM! This will be a team effort and would love to have you aboard! We have a place for anyone who feels led to serve. Please talk with April about what you could be doing! We are looking forward to a fun summer!